Groningen Chess Festival
Dec 21, 2009 – Dec 30, 2009
Official website: http://www.schaakstadgroningen.nl
Here are the leaders after 2 rounds:
1 – 9. Reinderman, Dimitri 2.0 2.0 2.00 3.0 3095 +0.48
Werle, Jan 2.0 2.0 2.00 3.0 3087 +0.47
Nyzhnyk, Illya 2.0 2.0 2.00 3.0 2992 +0.41
Kleijn, Christov 2.0 2.0 2.00 3.0 3057 +0.86
Burg, Twan 2.0 1.5 1.50 3.0 3107 +0.82
Bok, Benjamin 2.0 1.5 1.50 3.0 3069 +0.99
Nijboer, Friso 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 3070 +0.44
Meijers, Viesturs 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 2984 +0.41
Saravanan, V. 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 3039 +0.88
10-19. Afek, Yochanan 1.5 2.5 1.75 2.5 2725 +1.10
Donker, Roel 1.5 2.5 1.75 2.5 3141 +0.82
Baklan, Vladimir 1.5 2.0 1.25 2.5 2583 -0.13
Swinkels, Robin 1.5 2.0 1.25 2.5 2474 -0.05
Assendelft van,Floris 1.5 2.0 1.25 2.5 2479 +0.42
Chadaev, Nikolai 1.5 2.0 1.25 2.0 3004 +0.15
Brandenburg, Daan 1.5 1.5 1.00 2.0 2354 -0.23
Caspi, Israel 1.5 1.5 1.00 2.0 2400 -0.04
Genov, Petar 1.5 1.5 0.75 2.5 2420 -0.11
Wiel van der, John 1.5 1.5 0.75 2.5 2602 +0.38
Illya Nyzhnyk is doing well, but I believe he’s already 13 years old and will no longer break Karjakin’s “youngest GM” record. All the best just the same. Nice to have young achievers anytime.